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"For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry. To the mothers and fathers, the brothers and sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry."February 14, 2008: As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd moved to "to remove a great stain from the nation's soul" yesterday, many Australians are disappointed

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October 12, 2007 - After over a decade of refusing to apologise to Aboriginal Australians over their ongoing horrific treatment, Prime Minister John Howard has boldly admitted his own failure to recognise the "importance of symbolism" in healing the rift."My goal is to see a new Statement of Reconciliation incorporated into the preamble of the Australian Constitution. If elected, I would commit

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BEVERAGE INDUSTRY SCARE CAMPAIGNhttp://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=108872POLICE LINE ANONYMITY: Badgeless APEC Cops escape scrutinyhttp://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=109895EFA Slams Police Censorship Billhttp://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=110523New censorship laws threaten freedom of speechhttp://

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October 10, 2007 - In the wake of his recent decision to allow timber giant Gunns to build their controversial Pulp Mill in Tasmania, Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has now given approval to the $20 billion Gorgon gas project in Western Australia. Despite staunch criticism from green groups, Turnbull's decision virtually paves the way for the Gorgon oil conglomerates - Shell,

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Pauline Hanson congratulates Howard government over racist policyOct 7, 2007 - Senate candidate and notorious racist politician Pauline Hanson has congratulated federal Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews on the decision to cut the number of African refugees allowed into Australia. Alongside Mr Andrews, the One Nation founder says refugees carry disease and escalate crime. Pauline Hanson says "you

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WHATS WRONG WITH APEC?"Empty streets with concrete barriers, high fences and riot squad officers, snipers in buildings and helicopters..." Anti-APEC activist September 07.In September this year, Australian Prime Minister John Howard hosted the 2007 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) in Sydney - the biggest meeting of world leaders ever held in this country.APEC brought together

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Sunday 29 July 2007, 2-5pm (Viewing Sat 2-5pm, Sun 10-2pm)Moores Building, 46 Henry Street, Fremantle.Friends of Australian Rock Art (FARA) is hosting an art auction at the Moores Building, 46 Henry Street, Fremantle, on Sunday 29th July 2007.'Artists for the Burrup' has attracted a diverse range of immensely collectable artworks by many of WA's top artists including Robert Juniper, Sally Morgan,

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Taking a break from smashing the state for a little while... about to get really busy offline - ek

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July 16, 2007: The Howard Government's assault into indigenous communities in the Northern Territory is to access valuable uranium deposits, and not to protect children from abuse, a rally was told in Melbourne last week. More than a hundred community organisations have since criticised the government's plan.They have described it as a land grab...Robbie Thorpe, who was also part of the Black GST

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July 18, 2007 - The Northern Territory site recently nominated for a national nuclear waste facility by the Federal government is near one of the nation's earthquake hotspots. Muckaty Station is about 120km north of Tennant Creek - one of the most seismologically active areas in Australia...There have been 239 earthquakes in that area in the past decade and 1298 earthquakes since 1988. Tennant

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From the newswire: On Friday 13th June 2007, around 40 people from across Australia converged in Subiaco, to deliver a letter to Federal Science minister Julie Bishop over her proposed NT nuclear waste dump. During the peaceful action, witnesses say WA Police used "brutal" and "excessive force" to break up the action. Two anonymous witnesses, both veterans of dozens of local NVDA demonstrations,

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Students of Sustainability Conference 2007 (SoS). From the newswire: SoS is being held at Murdoch University in Perth 9 – 13 July! If you have an interested in anything from water to climate change, modifications you can make to your house to the nuclear fuel cycle and biodiversity, SoS has something for you. There are also sessions on social justice, militarism, indigenous caring for country,

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July 5, 2007: Despite the denials of 2003, the Howard Government has now admitted that oil security is indeed a major factor in Australia's perpetual military involvement in Iraq. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson says oil was a factor in Australia's contribution to the extremely unpopular war. He said "energy security" in the Middle East would be crucial to the nation's future. Dr Nelson said

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July 4, 2007: Prim Minister John Howard's electioneering intervention in the Northern Territory is a ploy to allow the dumping of nuclear waste in the outback, anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott says.Radical measures announced by Mr Howard last week include welfare restrictions, compulsory health checks for children, bans on alcohol and pornography, abolition of the Aboriginal lands

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July 5, 2007: Perth Indymedia research reveals that the WA Police Force has tendered for Supply and Delivery of Bulk TASER equipment at a cost of over four million dollars for another 1100 Taser stun-guns. WA Police say all officers on duty will soon be equipped with the so-called "non-lethal" stun guns. Shaped like a gun but battery-operated, a Taser fires two fishhooklike barbs into a person's

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Leaders of the Mutitjulu community today questioned the need for a military occupation of their small community.We welcome any real support for indigenous health and welfare and even two police will assist, but the Howard Government declared an emergency at our community over two years ago - when they appointed an administrator to our health clinic - and since then we have been without a doctor,

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Goodooga, northwest NSW, 25 June 2007 - - The spokesman for 16 Aboriginal tribes says the Howard government’s seizure of Aboriginal affairs in the Northern Territory will further demoralise communities of people who no longer understand pride and dignity because it was taken away from them a long time ago.Michael Anderson, the only surviving founder of the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra and

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The dog of “white supremacy” returns to its vomit. In a media statement on the 26th June the National Sorry Day Committee says there is now a real danger of the creation by the Howard government of another Stolen Generation. "We are deeply concerned about the policy being articulated by the Prime Minister, and being implemented the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, for Federal Government ‘

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"...they think the army is coming to grab their kids and the police are coming to help them. The women and the kids are scared and they are running to the sand hills..."June 26, 2007 - A group of 60 Aboriginal and community groups will deliver a letter to Prime Minister John Howard urging him to rethink his military plan to stamp out indigenous child abuse in the Northern Territory. The

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June 26, 2007: The West Australian Police Commissioner, Karl O'Callaghan, says all officers on duty will be equipped with stun guns. The WA police force has purchased another 1,100 Tasers. Shaped like a gun but battery-operated, a Taser fires two fishhooklike barbs into a person's skin and disrupts a person's muscle control for five seconds.The darts have a range of up to 21 feet; the tool also

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June 22, 2007 - Five peace activists have been arrested and a 66-year-old woman is still at large at the site of Talisman Sabre 07 - a large-scale military exercise involving Australian and US troops in central Queensland.Military police located the five protesters - aged 22 to 53 - inside the Military Training Area on Thursday morning. Three women and two men have been charged with trespassing

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18 June 2007: Activists have converged on a drilling rig off the Western Australian coast to protest against plans to build a major gas plant. The protesters say a Japanese project will destroy one of the world's last wilderness areas.Arriving in boats and seaplanes, the activists hung banners on a drilling rig at the Maret Islands, north-east of Broome...Japanese company Inpex is using the rig

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Are you on a list of "excludable persons" from APEC07?Proposed laws around APEC are a draconian, unreasonable curb on the right to protest - a direct attack on every citizen’s right to dissent.The APEC summit will discuss how to best push their policies of cuts, privatisation, free trade, and IR laws down workers throats. The world’s biggest war criminals, environmental polluters and exploitative

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[ June 18, 2007: If you support the right of gay/lesbian couples to adopt, PLEASE email/write to The West in support of Michael Bennett, who wrote the excellent story on page 9 of today's West. Recently a West editorial railed against gay adoption and argued that a gay relationship was essentially not equal to a hetero one: email here: letters@wanews.com.au - Or online, Have Your Say... Please

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From the newswire: June 19 2007: The Peace Convergence is a nonviolent gathering in the Shoalwater region from 18 to 24 June 2007. Peace and social justice, environment, indigenous, women's, secular and faith based groups and individuals are invited to join with the local community - to nonviolently oppose the war games and the environmental destruction it will cause; and to voice our call for an

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Thursday, June 14, 2007: A petition of 10,000 signatures has been presented to Federal Parliament opposing the offshore processing of asylum seekers. The petition calls for the processing centres on Christmas Island and Nauru to be shut down will be tabled in parliament next week...Labor backbencher Carmen Lawrence says asylum seekers do not have proper access to the medical and legal help they

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June 13, 2007 - Hundreds of mine workers at BHP Billiton's Pilbara iron ore operations have protested over "belligerent and overbearing treatment" from management after being put on Australian Workplace Agreements.A petition at BHP Billiton's iron ore mine at Mt Newman in Western Australia has been signed by over 200 people, complaining about an "atmosphere of intimidation and victimisation"

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June 11, 2007: WA community worried about ALCOA refinery emissionsWestern Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation says residents near the Wagerup alumina refinery, south of Perth, should not be concerned by a new report which finds some emissions may be affecting nearby communities.Tests by a new radar system have found emissions from the refinery may extend for up to five

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June 7, 2007: Despite ongoing community protests, the NSW Government has approved the controversial Anvil Hill coal mine development in the Hunter Valley.NSW Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, says he made the decision after 10 months of assessment. He says the total value of the coal reserve at the site is estimated to be about $9 billion. "It was time to resolve the issues and give certainty to

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June 7, 2007 - Australians are being warned to prepare for a "barrage of lies" from the Howard Government on climate change in the lead-up to the Federal election. Last night Treasurer Peter Costello deliberately misinformed television viewers in an attempt to claim credit for stopping landclearing in Australia as a practical measure to reduce greenhouse emissions, when it was an initiative of

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June 7, 2007: It is against the law to coerce a member of parliament! Sydney's Catholic Archbishop George Pell is under attack after interferring in a New South Wales parliamentary vote. He's also been likened to outspoken Mufti, Sheikh Taj El Din Al Hilali. Cardinal Pell warned MPs that if they voted to allow therapeutic cloning there would be consequences for their life in the Church...Cardinal

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June 6, 2007: Greens want to end Olympic Dam's special treatment - The Greens will move in the South Australian Parliament to scrap exemptions to state laws given to BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine in outback SA. The $7 billion BHP Billiton Olympic Dam project is planned to become the world’s biggest uranium producer, the third or fourth largest copper mine, and one of Australia’s largest gold

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JUNE 6, 2007: Tens of thousands of people have marched through the north-east German port of Rostock, 25 kilometres from the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm, where invited leaders of the world's richest nations will begin their three-day G8 meeting. More blockades have been planned to disrupt the conference of global leaders.Why block the G8 meeting? "Neoliberal capitalist globalisation – for which

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June 5, 2007 - The head of ANSTO, Australia's peak nuclear science body, Dr Ziggy Switkowski, says Australians are not yet convinced of the need for a nuclear energy industry. He says building a nuclear energy industry in Australia would take at least 15 years to implement. Despite 50 years into the best funded development of any energy technology - nuclear energy is still beset with problems.WA

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Stolen Wages taskforce a win for WA AboriginalsMay 31, 2007 - The WA Government has announced that it will establish a taskforce to investigate wages and Commonwealth benefits stolen from Aboriginal people. In some cases, up to 75 per cent of their income was held in Government managed trust funds but never repaid. Brian Wyatt from the Goldfields Land and Sea Council says the compensation owed to

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From the newswire: Pine Gap Trial beginsMAY 30, 2007 - The "Pine Gap 4" were arrested after breaking into Pine Gap US Spy base to do a ‘Citizens Inspection’ in December 2005 - to highlight the secret base's role in the war in Iraq. They now face a possible seven years in prison after the Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, consented to charges under the cold-war Defence (Special Undertakings) Act

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May 29, 2007: Northern Territorians should feel let down by the consultation process for a nuclear waste site at Muckaty Station - eight kilometres from where people live at the station homestead. The Northern Land Council has nominated the site, 120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek, as a national nuclear waste repository."Our dreamings cross right into that land where they want to put that dump

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May 25, 2007 - Compulsory English 'pure racism'"There's no need for him to preach to us. Mal Brough is not God."Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough's plan to make English compulsory for Aboriginal children has drawn stern reaction from the indigenous community. He says he considering quarantining welfare payments to ensure Aboriginal parents send their children to school.Australian Aboriginal

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10th Anniversary of Sorry Day and the 40th Anniversary of 1967 Referendum. 27 May 1967 is the date of the most successful referendum in Australian history. Forty years ago the overwhelming majority of Australians voted for changes in the Australian Constitution that the voters believed would give Indigenous Australians a ‘fairer go’ in their own country.On 27 May 1967 over 90 per cent of the

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Students of Sustainabilty Conference 2007 - Respect Nyoongar CountrySoS_07 - July 9-15, 2007 - Students of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest student-run environment based conference in Australia. The next SoS convergence will happen July 2007 in Perth, Western Australia at Murdoch University...Check out the website:http://studentsofsustainability.orgSo, what is SoS? Each year SoS offers an

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MAY 23, 2007 - Rising Tide Perth - Action against Climate ChangePerth Rising Tide crew, are gearing up to take action against the recently announced massive BHP/RioTinto Coal plant for Kwinana...Rio, BP considering $2b coal-fired power project in WA: 21st May 2007 - Rio Tinto Ltd’s new joint venture with oil giant BP has unveiled plans for a $2 billion clean-coal power generation project at

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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 - Transparency needed on Mitchell Plateau mining plansAustralian Greens Senator for WA Rachel Siewert has reacted strongly to the announcement by United Minerals Corporation (UMC) that a massive bauxite mine is again on the cards for Mitchell Plateau. United Minerals say that for the last 12 months, UMC's 100% subsidiary Bauxite Australia Pty Limited, has been exploring in

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May 2, 2007 - Dozens of Esperance residents have recorded high lead levels and thousands of birds have died from lead poisoning around the southern port town since December last year. High readings of lead and nickel have also been found in rainwater tanks around Esperance.A parliamentary inquiry currently investigating the matter has heard illegal lead shipments out of Esperance, which poisoned

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Tuesday, 16 May 2007 - The West Australian government has ditched controversial plans to pump 45 billion litres of water a year from the southwest Yarragadee aquifer. WA Premier Alan Carpenter announced a second water desalination plant will be built by 2011. Mr Carpenter said the plant will be built near Binningup, between Bunbury and Mandurah, at a cost of $955 million. He said it will provide

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Tuesday, 15 May 2007: The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader is due to visit Australia in June, but the Senate President, Paul Calvert, has rejected the proposal that the Nobel Peace Prize winner be given an official parliamentary reception when he visits Canberra. The visit by the popular 71-year old, who enjoys "rock-star" status across the globe, apparently poses a diplomatic headache for

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14 May, 2007 - Mining industry is bluffing on AWAs: Kevin Rudd should not to be bluffed by the WA mining industry...The Australian Mining and Minerals Association's Chris Platt says that the removal of AWAs is "a means of handing power back to union bosses and facilitating an increase in union membership."Mr Platt writes, in an opinion piece for the Herald Sun, that Australian Workplace

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - Police used unnecessary force during G20: legal studyA report into the G20 actions in Melbourne in November 2006, has found police used an "excessive amount of force." Victoria's Federation of Community Legal Centres released the study, finding only a small proportion of protesters were acting provocatively over the three-day event. The study found a police baton charge on

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Deaths in Custody - Justice for Karl Woods11th April, 2007 marks the first anniversary of the terrible death of Karl Woods in police custody. Karl was arrested at the scene of a home invasion on April 11th, 2006. Police report that he struggled and had to be ‘subdued’. Once arrested he was placed in the back of a police van. According to initial reports when checked ‘a short time later’ - Karl

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April 11, 2007 - Australia hosts Live Earth gigWashed-up ageing rock-stars, The Police, Madonna and Bon Jovi are among the litany of confused and sychophantic millionare recording-industry darlings, who will perform in the "Live Earth" concerts - allegedly aimed at raising awareness of climate change. Microsoft, Pepsi and other dubious companies have joined Live Earth as corporate partners...

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April 10, 2007 - Power cut off before fire deaths: There has been controversy surrounding the incident after it was revealed the electricity had been cut off to the property in the weeks leading up to a tragic fire in a Karrinyup Homeswest house last week. The WA Opposition is concerned that the woman and her two sons may have lived without power in the weeks before their deaths.Cozette Pickering

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Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 100 Villawood detainees on hunger strikeThe Refugee Action Coalition says more than 100 people at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre are now on a hunger strike. Some of the hunger-strikers have entered their 10th straight day without food as authorities reinforced fences and put on extra officers in anticipation of a torrid Easter weekend at Sydney's Villawood detention

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From the newswire: REFUGEE RIGHTS ACTION - The Refugee Action Coalition has called a protest for Easter Sunday at Kirribilli House. Easter has become synonymous with protests for refugees’ rights. Woomera, Baxter and Villawood detention centres have each been the target of Easter convergences that have shone the national and international spotlight on the Howard government’s blatant disregard of

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April 04, 200 - Unions say casual employees stand to lose pay over the Easter weekend because of the Federal Government's WorkChoices laws. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) says 2,000 young workers a month are being switched to individual contracts which reduce or abolish penalty rates on public holidays.Meanwhile, WA leads the way in workers abandoning unions, with over 10 per cent

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - The WA Health Department say they are alerting Esperance residents after 12 in 900 blood tests were shown to have "higher than recommended levels of lead." Ten adults and two children under five have recorded lead levels above the World Health Organisation guideline of 10 micrograms per decilitre in the town in southern WA...The Department will contact 12 Esperance

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April 3, 2007 - Terry Hicks, the father of David Hicks, says he has been gagged from revealing facts about his son's five-year incarceration in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay...Terry Hicks, the father of David Hicks, says the Australian government is trying to gag him from talking about his son's five years at Guantanamo Bay.Terry Hicks says the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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April 2, 2007 - Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has released the second Intergenerational Report, which shows the ageing of the population remains the greatest threat to Australia's economy. He says the Government needs to cut spending and force people into menial jobs. He suggested more women should have babies...Mr Costello says while the birth rate has increased slightly in the five years

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March 30, 2007 - International nuclear expert is visiting Canberra this week to warn Australians about the dangerous impact of the waste produced by uranium mining. Kevin Kamps, from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, says the waste produced by uranium mines in the US has had a great impact on the community.Mr Kamps says the search for storage sites for nuclear waste often targets the

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March 29, 2007 - LISBON: The world's largest-producing solar power plant was inaugurated yesterday in Portugal. The 11-megawatt 61m-euro ($78.5m) plant, a joint project of US energy companies GE Energy Financial Services, PowerLight Corporation, and Portuguese renewable energy company Catavento, spreads across a 60-hectare hillside in Serpa, 200 km southeast of Lisbon. Southern Portugal, one of

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March 27, 2007 - Hundreds of Western Australian residents campaigning against plans to tap the Yarragadee Aquifer converged on Parliament House in Perth today for a protest rally. Many arrived by buses from the South West. The Water Corporation wants to take 45 million litres of water from the aquifer every year and pump it into Perth's water supply...The proposal is widely opposed in the city

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March 28, 2007 - Villawood detainee taken to hospitalA detainee at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre has been taken to hospital because of concerns for his wellbeing.The Department of Immigration says An Xiang Tao was taken to Bankstown Hospital as a precautionary measure and is under medical supervision.The man had recently been placed in isolation. Bankstown Hospital say he is in a stable

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24 March 2007 - Greens achieve best result ever in NSW - Greens MP and lead Upper House candidate Lee Rhiannon said the recent NSW state has election achieved the best ever result for the Greens in NSW, with increases in both houses.Half of the 42 seats in the upper house were up for election at Saturday's election and the Greens were the biggest winners - increasing their numbers from three to

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March 26, 2007 - WA Attorney-General, Jim McGinty, says he wants people caught with small amounts of cannabis to be forced to attend an education session about the drug.In 2003, the WA Government introduced new laws allowing people caught with up to 30 grams of marijuana or two cannabis plants to avoid criminal penalties and instead pay a fine or attend an education session. The State Opposition

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March 23, 2007 - The controversial Tasmanian Pulp Mill Assessment Bill has passed the Lower House of Parliament. Gunns withdrew its massive pulp mill from the independent planning body last week - forcing the Government to introduce legislation for a "special" assessment process. The Greens tried to move a number of amendments to the legislation, including changing its name to the Pulp Mill

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PROTEST: Stop the political repression in the Philippines.Friday the 23rd march - 12:00 PMOver 800 people including human rights activists, trade unionists, lawyers, bishops, workers etc have been assassinated by the Arroyo Regime in the Philippines. Opposition leaders have been abducted..."Share our via dolorosa. Stand with us… hear us out. There is only one struggle for justice and peace and

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World Water Day - time to fund alternatives to Yarragadeeby Water Indy 2007-03-22 12:10 PM +0900MARCH 22, 2007 - Senator Rachel Siewert has used the occasion of World Water Day to press for alternatives to the WA Government's proposal to draw 45 billion litres of water per year out of the South West Yarragadee aquifer...YARRAGADEE RALLYTUESDAY 27 MARCH1PM PARLIAMENT HOUSE11.30 ESPLANADE"On the

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March 19, 2007 - The ABC reports that Western Australia's Conservation Council is warning the State Government to be wary of advice that tapping the Yarragadee aquifer, in the state's south-west, is sustainable...YARRAGADEE RALLY - TUESDAY 27 MARCH - 1PM PARLIAMENT HOUSE - 11.30 ESPLANADESee: http://www.yarragadee.org The Water Corporation is pushing to take 45 gigalitres of water from the

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16 March 2007 - Toad fence looks promising: A group fighting the inexorable advance of cane toads toward the north of WA may have found the cane toad’s Achilles heel: their poor jumping ability...The march of cane toads into Western Australia is being halted at the Northern Territory border by a simple fence. Trials of the toad fence, where shade cloth has been attached to existing cattle fences,

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Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers - From September 2001 - The EDMUND RICE CENTREhttp://www.erc.org.au/issues/text/se01.htmMyth 1 - Boat People are Queue JumpersFact: In Iraq and Afghanistan, there are no queues for people to jump. Australia has no diplomatic representation in these countries and supports the International coalition of nations who continue to oppose these regimes and

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - Security scuffles with protesters over climate change action - NSW election campaign.The Premier's security team took to a group of climate change activists this morning during his visit to a Newcastle factory. The Premier's vehicle drove through the group of demonstrators...NSW Premier Morris Iemma has been confronted by climate change activists at the foot of of the

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March 20, 2007 - Fast food chains across WA have been charged and fined for illegally employing children. Hungry Jacks, McDonalds and Eagle Boys Pizza have been fined for employing children...Three fast food companies in Western Australia have been fined almost $100,000 for illegally employing children aged under 15.In the Industrial Magistrate's Court, Hungry Jacks in Kalgoorlie and Joondalup

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MARCH 20, 2007: Broome prison conditions likened to Third WorldWestern Australia's prison inspector has been scathing about the conditions at a prison in Broome in the state's north-west, calling them "shameful" and "Third World". Broome Regional Prison was once dubbed the worst in Western Australia and the state's Inspector of Custodial Services, Richard Harding, believes not much has changed...

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MARCH 20, 2007: Broome prison conditions likened to Third WorldWestern Australia's prison inspector has been scathing about the conditions at a prison in Broome in the state's north-west, calling them "shameful" and "Third World". Broome Regional Prison was once dubbed the worst in Western Australia and the state's Inspector of Custodial Services, Richard Harding, believes not much has changed...

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How to write a Media ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE: Releasing a thing into the media!Media releases/statments/communiques are written or recorded communication directed at producers of news media. We use them to announce something we deem as having news value. We are entering into the news media cycle. The makers of memes.How to Write Media Release: Below is a basic outline on how to write a media release

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19th Mar 07 - Six month Nauru deadline an impossible task – bring them to Australia...Nauru's acting Foreign Minister, Frederick Pitcher, has set a deadline of six months for 82 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to be processed. Mr Pitcher says a welcoming ceremony was held for the 82 asylum seekers, mostly Tamils, who arrived on Nauru on Sunday. He says while his Government is happy to take the men, he

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MARCH 15, 2007: Land carve up won't deliver Aboriginal home ownership"Mal Brough's plan to overturn Aboriginal community ownership of their land is not about private home ownership on remote communities. It is just a foot in the door strategy to overturn community land tenure," said Senator Rachel Siewert today."This is not the way to tackle the Aboriginal housing crisis."Federal Indigenous

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Thursday March 15, 2007 - Sri Lankan Nauru "deportation" does not export Howard's election problemEighty-two asylum seekers are currently being housed on Christmas Island and will be flown to the tiny island nation by charter plane. The Federal Government has announced it will move the Sri Lankan asylum seekers from Christmas Island for processing in Nauru. Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews says

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MARCH 5, 2007: The controversial appointment of high profile nuclear-power proponent, Ziggy Switkowski - to head Australia's nuclear research body (ANSTO) has been widely criticised. Dr Switkowski's report to Prim Minister Howard late last year proposed a scenario of 25 Australian nuclear reactors. Critcs say "due process had been thrown out the window in the nuclear debate".“We are talking about

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MARCH 5, 2007 - Ranger danger: Heavy rains pose radioactive risk to Kakadu - Australia’s largest National Park faces the threat of radioactive and heavy metal contamination from flooding at the controversial Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu. Operations have been halted and workers evacuated from Energy Resources of Australia’s mine after access was cut by rising water...There are serious concerns

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The destruction of thousands of hectares of pristine native forests on Melville Island must stop immediately! - From the newswire - March 5, 2007: Great Southern Plantation (GSP) are clearing 26,000 hectares of native eucalypt forest on Melville Island, north of Darwin. Vast tracts of native Tiwi forest are being cleared-felled to establish introduced 'monocultural' plantations for woodchips.

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5 March 2007: MINING INDUSTRY SILENCING DISSENT: A satirical website created by climate action group Rising Tide Newcastle has twice been shut down this fortnight by powerful coal industry lobby group, the NSW Minerals Council...The website is a parody of the NSW Minerals Council's big-budget spin-doctor campaign to promote the 'virtues' of the coal industry.Climate activist group Rising Tide

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February 28, 2007: Bulldozers turned loose on the Burrup rock art - The Western Australian Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Michelle Roberts, has given her approval for energy giant WOODSIDE to clear a large expanse of land on the Burrup Peninsula, in the WA's north-west, as part of its massive Pluto gas development. Mrs Roberts says the project is too significant to be abandoned. But critics of

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007: "No More Whales Will Die This Season"Following direct action by Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace in Australia's Southern Ocean, Japan is set to abandon whale hunting in the Antarctic for this season after its main whaling ship was crippled by a fire two weeks ago."Finally, the burnt-out hulk of the whale killing floating factory called the Nisshin Maru is limping out of the

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February 28, 2007 - In a successful attempt to stop the deportation of a Falun Gong practitioner to China, this morning some 100 detainees at Sydney's Villawood detention centre formed a human barricade...The Refugee Action Coalition of NSW said the detainees assembled in and around a recreation room at the centre to protect the man who is inside the room. He was due to be deported on an Air

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From the newswire: February 24, 2007 - According to corporate media, a secret deal has been struck between the Australian and Indonesian government to return 85 'boatpeople' back to Indonesia and then to Sri Lanka - without processing their inernationally recognised human rights to claim asylum. Refugee advocacy groups call on Howard to bring the asylum seekers to mainland Australia. The Federal

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February 21, 2007: One of Australia's most acclaimed authors, Elizabeth Jolley, has died at the age of 83. Professor Jolley died in a nursing home in Perth last week after a long illness. Her remarkable literary range included 14 novels, poetry, short stories and radio plays. Elizabeth Jolley was born in Birmingham, England, moved to Australia in 1959 and was 53 years old when her novel was first

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Thursday, February 22, 2007: 10 arrested by violent thugs as Cheney protesters gather in SydneyAccording to ABC News, ten people have been arrested in Sydney during the War Criminal Welcoming Party for US Vice-President and chronic warmonger Dick Cheney. About 250 people were protesting peacefully against the Iraq war and the treatment of David Hicks when they decided to march...NSW Deputy Police

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Saturday, February 24, 2007 - Clean Up Australia has stepped up its campaign for a national scheme to encourage the collection and recycling of drink bottles and cans...A Newspoll survey commissioned by the organisation shows four out of five Australians believe a 10-cent refund for drink containers is a good idea. South Australia is the only state with a refund scheme. Clean Up Australia

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February 24, 2007 - Saturday, 24 February 2007: A secret deal is being struck between the Australian and Indonesian government to return 85 Sri Lankan asylum seekers back to Indonesia and then to Sri Lanka - without processing their Inernationally recognised human rights to claim asylum. Refugee advocacy groups had called on the Government to bring the asylum seekers to mainland Australia or

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February 18, 2007: Weld Valley protesters ignore police caution - About 50 protesters have entered a Forestry Tasmania exclusion zone in the Weld Valley, south-west of Hobart. The protesters are trying to stop the logging of two coupes of temperate rainforest, next to a World Heritage Area. In the past week, behind locked gates, wilderness forests in The Lower Weld Valley have been attacked, and

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February 17, 2006: Labor puppet and US military supporter, Peter Garrett has defended US military bases in Australia, saying he accepted the ALP's policy when he capitulated to the party almost three years ago.Garrett says he fully supports his party's endorsement of a new US military communications base planned for Western Australia. In his previous life as a rock star, Mr Garrett and Midnight

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February 17, 2007: The Local Government Association says the Western Australian Government has struck the right balance with its proposed new prostitution laws. The state government plans to decriminalise prostitution as part of a bid to regulate the industry. WA Attorney-General Jim McGinty says he will introduce legislation into state parliament this year which would allow brothels to operate

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February 15, 2007: The Halt the Salt campaign to stop the world's largest salt mine from being built on the sensitive eastern edge of the Exmouth Gulf continues to attract widespread support. Recently, there have been two major developments in the campaign...Government authorities examining the proposal have now agreed to extend the public comment period by a further two weeks until March 12.The

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Thursday, February 15, 2007: The United States military will build a new communications base at Geraldton in Western Australia. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson says he has agreed to host a ground station for a new US military satellite communications system. The plans for the base come after three years of covert negotiations between Washington and Canberra. The new US base will be built at the

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Monday, February 12, 2007: Alcohol causes the death of an Indigenous Australian every 38 hours on average, according to new research from the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI). Aboriginal women as young as 25 years old are dying of haemorrhagic stroke due to heavy drinking. The National Drug Research Institute, which studied every alcohol-related Aboriginal death between 2000 and 2004, says

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From the newswire February 8, 2007: Perth-based tax minimisation company Great Southern Plantations Ltd (GSP) are responsible for a massive native forest clearfelling project on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin. GSP plan to expand its massive venture to clearfell to around 80,000 hectares of native bush. GSP's venture is the single largest native vegetation/native forest clearing project in

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Campaign to Hold Coca-Cola Accountable - Coca-Cola Crisis in IndiaCommunities across India are under assault from Coca-Cola practices in the country. A pattern has emerged as a result of Coca-Cola's bottling operations in India.* Communities across India living around Coca-Cola's bottling plants are experiencing severe water shortages, directly as a result of Coca-Cola's massive extraction of

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February 7, 2007 : Free water despite $8 billion 6 month profitOn the back of this morning's announcement of a 6 month profit of $8billion, Greens MLC Mark Parnell has called on BHP Billiton to start paying for water from the Great Artesian Basin as part of a complete renegotiation of the special deal that the Roxby Downs mine receives...Mr Parnell says most Australians struggling with water

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One of Australia’s biggest native title claims was settled on Monday 5th February 2007, nearly eight years after it was registered. The Federal Court has dismissed a native title claim over a massive area of land north of Kalgoorlie, in southern Western Australia. The claim mainly involved the Wongatha group and another seven overlapping claims.The Wongatha land claim, an amalgamation of 21

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February 8, 2007: In 2005, Perth-based tax minimisation company Great Southern Plantations Ltd (GSP) took over a massive native forest clearfelling project on Melville Island north of Darwin (Melville together with Bathurst Is makes up the Tiwi Islands). GSP has been very open about its plans to expand its venture to clearfell around 80,000 hectares of native bush from the Tiwi Islands. The

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Friday, 9 February 2007 - Back in the 1950s, an electric car was among the fastest, most efficient cars ever built. It ran on electricity and produced no carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Almost 60 years on, as peak oil approaches and with CO2 vehicle emissions contributing to rapid global warming, electric cars are coming back. Despite strong community support, Australia has been slower on the

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